Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas

Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas (28 April 1764-29 May 1819) was a French admiral.

Biography
Lucas joined the French Navy at the age of fifteen and fought at the Battle of Cape Breton during the American Revolutionary War in 1781. By 1805 he was a captain in the French Empire navy, commanding FS Redoutable in the Battle of Trafalgar in Late October 1805. He was injured and was treated chivalrously in Great Britain, recieving the Legion of Honour award on his return to France. In 1809 he fought in the Battle of Basque Roads in the Peninsular War and was again defeated. After the fall of Napoleon in 1814, he refused to pledge allegiance to the Bourbons and remained loyal to Napoleon in 1815. In 1816 he retired from the navy and died in 1819 in Brest.